But beginning Tuesday, Google Fiber is offering registration for super-fast internet in the Northeast San Antonio neighborhoods of East Terrell Hills and Wilshire Terrace.

“We’ve had an overwhelming amount of support and interest in our service on the west side of town, so we built out many neighborhoods there,” said Tyler Wallis, Google Fiber’s San Antonio city manager. “We’re continuing to build out on the West Side.

“We’re kind of starting on both ends and working our way toward the center. We’re excited to now be able to offer service to residents in that northeast part of town.”

Building a new fiber network takes time, Wallis said, but new signup areas in other Northeast San Antonio neighborhoods will be announced every three to four weeks as Google expands its fiber infrastructure over the next few months.

Google’s Fiber 1000 service offers 1,000 megabit-per-second download and upload speeds for $55 a month. That is 40 times faster than the minimum speed required to stream an ultra-high-definition video, according to the Federal Communications Commission.

Internet service providers have traditionally offered higher download than upload speeds, but Fiber’s downstream and upstream rates are equal because of the growing use of smart home and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices, Wallis said.

Scott Ball / Rivard Report

Google Fiber San Antonio Manager Tyler Wallis.

Tuesday marks the first time the company is offering its fiber internet product in San Antonio’s City Council District 2.

“High speed internet service adds tremendous value to our community,” Councilman Cruz Shaw (D2) said in a written statement. “This is such an important step in San Antonio’s journey toward improving access for residents across the city.”

Google Fiber does not make maps of its coverage area publicly available and won’t say how many people have signed up for its service. Residents may visit Google Fiber’s website to see if their homes are eligible for service.

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3 thoughts on “Google Expands Fiber Network to Northeast San Antonio”

What does it mean that sign-up is open until the given date? What kind of service provider chooses to withhold service just because they missed an arbitrary date? What if a new resident moves into the neighborhood the day after that date, they are not eligible to sign up for service? I’m glad my water, electric and cell phone companies don’t have those types of restrictions.

I find it interesting that both GrandeCom (which has been in the city a long time) and Google (which is relatively new) which have the best and cheapests services for the Internet speeds offered have both ignored the Medical Center area so far. (I understand that GrandeCom is finally along the southern edge in the Fredericksburg/Chambers Rd. area, but not off Fredericksburg along there or further up it.) To me, the Medical Center area (410 to Huebner and Babcock to IH 10) would be the ideal place to provide fiber optic services for the Internet with all its apartments, condos, offices, etc.